The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-08-31
ddress, by Hon. J. L
waller, delivered at
Blue Rapids, Kan
cas-. Aug. 6, 81.
rsIiohtly Abbreviated ]

The first Of August i 70 'he colof
Inaople, not only a sacred day.
l ! day Of deepest JOY and thanks
|ying. Why do We commemorat
Il day2 For what have We come |
NJ to-day? Come with me to the
n and view for 8 moment the
rsnes where the deeds which we to
srcalebrate were transacted where
4 liberties Of this day were bought
III The blood Of our fathers ln the
III India Islands, It will be re-
,eobered, that slavery was cared
y II our country, regardless OF
j suffering, and in spite Of the
itressed cries Of the woe -smltten
lad jaGE people, and i was not untn
lter 4 most gigantic struggle OF the
,a,t of the enslaved black men, and
Women themselves, that the curse of
asyery was forever abolished IL
these Islands. SEaAery in the West
ndia Islands was contemporanoous
Hith the discovery Of America, Whlcd
tack MACE in 1892, when the lndl-
ans we're redticed to slavery. But
Their sufferings challenged the sym
pathy Of a priest, Las CaSas, and as
Slavery loosed its grip upon the na-
tive Indians, it seized upon, and en-
Saved the black man who was IN
ported for that purposes. Ii 1903,
the inortation oGcolored people hal
reached such a point, that ATando
the governor Of she Island, 6ntefe(
1 protest against the futher impor
tation of these people for the pul
pose Of enslaving them. The iirst At
tempt, Of the colored people upo
ibis continent to free themselves
was made BY two hundred and ttt
slaves of Venezuela, and aIthoug
they we're beaten and overcome
the attempt, we cannot but admin
then noble and manly effort HI
first Importation ot colofed peop
BY the English was IL 1862 dunn
reign Of Queen Elizabeth, vino It
said was opposed totle tlatfle-m 7
man beings She said to Cadta
Hawks, that these people should !
be taken away from ther coun'
without their concent and addll
"ItWould be detestable and call do
the very curse Of Heaven upon
Mndertakers." The words oi
Queen have been verified. Noth
like we'll arranged, or organlz
plan for the overthrow Of this ln
man institution, aook place until !
when terOugh Che efforts Of =
men as Baxter, Burke, Sharpe
Gcodin, a Law was enacted ln u
Breitian which declared that the
ment O man set loot upon Brl
soil, he was a free man" To
law might be sung our late war s
s,Let him be poor, white Of blacl
shall never be a slave" Geo
and John Wesley must ever b'
membered in connection with
anti-slavery agitation and n
ment. In 1886 Phemas Clarkso
pused the civilized world III his
TOcacy Of the cause Of the wro
black man, and Wilberforce4-
can we ever forget him 2? can
plead our cause even in the II
Parliament and L, can assure
that his work in our behalf was
.done. Wilberforce, Pitt Fox, !
.As3nd Clarkson were tie Sun
,Ereelys, Iincolns, and Garrlst
fheir age; and III 1907 4 Law
raised BY which the slave trad
abolished in England, This
ns to 0neof the most lnemorabl
5Telitful periods of theworid's \
fy; for it leads III to the emal
ton Of 6N0,OO0 negro siaves
West Indies. 1t is to comlner
consumniation and triumph, (
grand day, we are in tins be-
grove, for the purpose Of ma
one Of the happiest' days OF
svear, that we mlngle toget
grateful homage to the noble
heroes. who through vicissitu
triles,, through contest and
ceased not to war upon om' .
ers until the chains fell fro
limbs of every man, woman an
The emancipation Of the